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title: adorned — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «adorned» in the school dictionary: Decorated or made beautiful with things put on or around something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# adorned

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**Who acts:** Vases, sea jewels · **What happens:** decorate, make, put on, add, adorn · **To what, where:** things, houses, room, dresses

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«adorned» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [adorned in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adorned.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Decorated or made beautiful with things put on or around something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adorned:m1:1
# text = Decorated or made beautiful with things put on or around something.
1	Decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	conj	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | beautiful *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **put on** | participle |  | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

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Made beautiful by something added.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adorned:m2:1
# text = Made beautiful by something added.
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl:agent	_	_
5	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | beautiful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The houses were adorned with verses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adorned:x1:1
# text = The houses were adorned with verses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	adorned	adorn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adorn** | past · passive |  | the houses |  |  |  | with verses | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with verse=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Vases adorned every room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adorned:x2:1
# text = Vases adorned every room.
1	Vases	vas	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	adorned	adorn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adorn** | past | Vases | every room |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The sea jewels adorned their dresses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adorned:x3:1
# text = The sea jewels adorned their dresses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	adorned	adorn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adorn** | past | the sea jewels | jewels's dresses |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dress=Destination |

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